-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies (Order Asterales)

-Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies (Family Asteraceae)

-Subfamily Asteroideae

-Sunflowers and Allies (Tribe Heliantheae)

-Subtribe Ecliptinae

-Genus Wedelia

A member of the sunflower family, wedelia forms a thick mat of vegetation that crowds out other plants and blocks light to existing plants. It is a member of the daisy, Sunflower, and Aster (Compositae) family.